Top Biography Movies


The Top Biography Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Biography List". Lists are calculated daily.

431. Destiny of a Man ( Sudba cheloveka )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Actors: Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Pavel Volkov, Yuri Averin, Kirill Alekseyev

432. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Actors: Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
Plot: Follows the life of the intellectual, Noam Chomsky, as he battles the corporate media.

433. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mary Murphy
Actors: Mary Badham, Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Alice Finch Lee, James McBride, James Patterson

434. Priscilla

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominczyk, Dan Abramovici, Dan Beirne, Emily Mitchell
Plot: Details the more intimate side of rock 'n roll superstar Elvis as seen through the eyes of his wife, Priscilla as love, fantasy and fame collide.

435. Fat Man and Little Boy

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roland Joffé
Actors: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C. McGinley

436. Party Monster

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Actors: Michael Alig, Al D. Rodriguez, James St. James, Michael Musto, Walt Paper, Keoki

437. Love Me or Leave Me

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Vidor
Actors: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, Harry Bellaver

438. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Merrill Graves, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle, Nannie Doyle, Cynthia Schneider
Plot: Karen Carpenter's eating disorder spirals out of control in this docu-drama. She and the rest of the family are portrayed by Barbie dolls.

439. Mother Teresa

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fabrizio Costa
Actors: Sebastiano Somma, Olivia Hussey, Laura Morante, Ingrid Rubio
Plot: A movie about Mother Teresa's work in Calcutta, India.

440. The Wronged Man

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Actors: Julia Ormond, Mahershala Ali, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Bruce McKinnon, Omar J. Dorsey, Rhoda Griffis
Plot: The Wronged Man is based on a true story about the relationship between a paralegal named Janet Gregory and an African American father wrongly accused of raping a young girl.

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